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You’ve
heard
about
Luigi
Mangione?
Of
course
you
have
—
his
likeness
has
been
all
over
your
Twitter
feed,
Saturday
Night
Live,
and
those
Altar
Candles
that
were
in
vogue
for
a
little
while.
And
while
that
shared
knowledge
base
might
make
it
easy
for
you
to
throw
#FreeLuigi
on
your
dating
profile
to
show
off
your
politics
and
whimsy,
it
makes
it
damn
hard
to
compile
a
neutral
jury
to
adjudicate
at
trial.
A
recent
ABA
Journal
article
gets
into
the
details
of
how
to
select
a
jury
when
you’re
dealing
with
such
a
high-profile
defendant:
“This
will
be
a
tough
one,”
says
Don
Worley,
the
president
and
managing
attorney
with
personal
injury
law
firm
McDonald
Worley
in
its
Houston
office….
“It
is
tough
because
it
will
be
hard
to
find
a
potential
juror
who
has
not
heard
about
this.
Most
will
have
already
made
up
their
minds
about
which
side
they
are
on
before
they
arrive
at
the
courthouse,”
Worley
says.
To
be
clear,
there’s
been
a
great
deal
of
PR
for
either
outcome
of
Mangione’s
case.
There’s
the
obvious
contingent
of
people
who
have
been
negatively
impacted
by
insurance
companies
that
see
Luigi
as
a
hero:
about
60%
of
Americans
have
recently
reported
problems
with
their
insurance
companies.
But
it
doesn’t
stop
there!
The
fear
of
being
screwed
over
by
healthcare
companies
in
the
future
was
enough
to
earn
Luigi
a
massive
amount
of
vigilante
brownie
points:
I
have
no
sources
but
I’m
willing
to
bet
that
many
a
shot
was
drank
in
Luigi’s
honor
after
Blue
Cross
decided
to
mysteriously
roll
back
their
pay
for
your
own
anesthesia
policy
change
the
day
after
Brian
Thompson
was
killed.
People
haven’t
just
been
voicing
their
support,
they’ve
been
throwing
their
dollars
in
too
—
Luigi
recently
used
$300k
raised
by
grassroots
supporters
to
help
fund
his
legal
team.
What
if
one
of
those
paying
supporters
ends
up
on
the
jury
somehow?
On
the
other
side,
you
have
all
of
obvious
jury-tainting
behavior
from
the
state.
You
can’t
start
a
list
like
this
without
Eric
Adams.
There
was
the
conclusory
address
of
Luigi
as
a
terrorist
that
got
broadcasted
across
the
world:
New
York
Mayor
Eric
Adams
on
his
ridiculous
decision
to
go
down
to
the
heliport
today
when
Luigi
Mangione
arrived
before
he
was
arraigned.“I’m
not
going
to
just
allow
him
to
come
into
our
city.
I
wanted
to
look
him
in
the
eye
and
stated
that
you
carried
out
this
terrorist
act…
pic.twitter.com/ntVP8U9yYX—
Yashar
Ali
🐘
(@yashar)
December
20,
2024
The
perp
walk
Eric
Adams
staged
like
a
high
budget
Superman
movie
for
political
clout:
a
month
ago
today,
Luigi’s
perp
walk
took
place
the
same
day
as
the
Superman
trailer
release
pic.twitter.com/cP0A3qMSxq—
Luigi
Nation
(@mangionethinker)
January
19,
2025
And
if
that
wasn’t
enough,
there
was
the
incessant
fanboying
from
the
NYPD
themselves
that
helped
add
to
the
Luigi
cult
following:
The
article
goes
on
to
suggest
that
the
questions
meant
for
use
in
voir
dire
can
be
honed
beforehand
in
focus
groups.
And
while
that
does
make
sense,
the
old
adage
“everyone
has
a
plan
until
they
get
punched
in
the
face”
comes
to
mind.
Can
you
just
imagine
the
actual
voir
dire?
Prosecution:
Hey,
we
should
strike
juror
14.
Defense:
Why,
cause
he’s
Italian?!
Prosecution:
No,
because
he’s
wearing
a
Deny
Defend
Depose
hoodie
and
has
a
“Free
Luigi”
tattoo
on
his
neck.
Potential
Juror:
What
do
you
want
from
me?
I’m
from
Brooklyn!
There’s
also
the
recommendation
to
cull
the
prospective
jury
members’
social
media
presence
for
mentions
of
Luigi.
Valid,
but
who
hasn’t
said
something
online
about
the
case?
Warned
your
friends
about
the
importance
of
not
assuming
Luigi
did
it
because
you
believe
in
due
process?
That
might
be
a
strike.
Shared
or
haha’d
a
segment
with
Bill
Burr
adamantly
saying
Free
Luigi?
Too
much
of
a
very
real
jury
nullification
risk
—
strike
’em.
Share
this
gif
a
little
too
close
to
December
4th?:
Thank
you
for
your
time,
the
door
is
on
your
left.
The
prosecution
has
a
serious
challenge
on
their
hands.
For
the
sake
of
due
process,
I
wish
them
and
Luigi
the
best
with
finding
a
neutral
and
impartial
jury.
They’re
all
going
to
need
it.
What
Can
Luigi
Mangione’s
Trial
Tell
Us
About
Unbiased
Juries?
[ABA
Journal]
Earlier:
There’s
Fresh
Interest
In
Informing
Potential
Jurors
About
Jury
Nullification
Luigi
Mangione
Pulls
$300K
From
Grassroots
Funds
To
Bolster
His
Case
Chris
Williams
became
a
social
media
manager
and
assistant
editor
for
Above
the
Law
in
June
2021.
Prior
to
joining
the
staff,
he
moonlighted
as
a
minor
Memelord™
in
the
Facebook
group Law
School
Memes
for
Edgy
T14s.
He
endured
Missouri
long
enough
to
graduate
from
Washington
University
in
St.
Louis
School
of
Law.
He
is
a
former
boatbuilder
who
is
learning
to
swim, a
published
author
on
critical
race
theory,
philosophy,
and
humor,
and
has
a
love
for
cycling
that
occasionally
annoys
his
peers.
You
can
reach
him
by
email
at [email protected] and
by
tweet
at @WritesForRent.